bujía
[buˈxia]
The verdict
“bujía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,832 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,832
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pieza de los motores a combustión de ciclo Otto que proporciona la chispa que encenderá el combustible, dando lugar al tercer tiempo del ciclo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bujia · bujía · Spanish
bujía · rank #59,832 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,832
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH buhardilla
Nearest frequency peer: buhardilla (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “bujía”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- brío
brío
40,172 corpus weight
- bufa
bufa
40,171 corpus weight
- buhardilla
buhardilla
40,170 corpus weight
- bujía
bujía
40,169 corpus weight
- bun
bun
40,168 corpus weight
- bávaro
bávaro
40,167 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “bujía” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bujía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [buˈxia] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “bujía” en español
Rare enough to double-check
bujía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,832 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [buˈxia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bujía, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is bujía, spelled B-U-J-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Pieza de los motores a combustión de ciclo Otto que proporciona la chispa que encenderá el combustible, dando lugar al tercer tiempo del ciclo.
- 2Pieza de materia grasa enrollada en torno a una mecha o pábilo, cuya lenta combustión proporciona luz.
- 3Utensilio empleado para transportar una bujía₂.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bujía appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Otra cosa que necesitaba eran bujías, pues apenas oscurecía, normalmente en torno a las siete, debía acostarme.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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